Obama’s bold step on immigration reform.

This editorial supports President Obama’s decision to move forward quickly on the issue of immigration, but acknowledges that this will be a difficult battle. It also offers the following aspects that the DMN would like to see in an immigration overhaul, and statistics from the America’s Voice survey (conducted in May 2009):

Among Latino voters in 12 states:82% say the immigration issue is somewhat or very important87% say they would not vote for a candidate who favors forced deportation75% say they are very likely to vote in the 2010 election